On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Whenever you feel the need to change this or that detail of your Vim's >> default functionality, you'll add a few lines to your vimrc, usually >> below what I showed above, and after a couple of years it will have >> grown beyond recognition while becoming more and more adequate to your >> own style of Vimming. > > Tony and I are on pretty opposite ends of this spectrum -- his > .vimrc is quite a work of art. Mine is merely a handful of > settings that fit on half a screen: > > set nocp vb ai lbr wrap > set ts=2 sw=2 > set backspace=indent,eol,start > set cpoptions-=x > set history=50 > set report=0 > set suffixes+=.pyc suffixes+=.pyo > syntax on > colorscheme timchase > > to ignore python precompiled-output files. I try to keep it > fairly close to stock settings as possible because I jump between > umpteen machines and don't like to have to keep my .vimrc in > sync. Tim O'Reilly puts forth similar reasoning on why he > switched from emacs to vim[1]. I like to be able to jump on a > machine, fire up vi(m) and have it behave about the same no > matter where I go. But then that's one of the beautiful things > about vim -- it more than sufficiently meets both Tony's needs > and mine despite our dissimilarities.
Though my vim setup is elaborate too, often I have to rdp into a completely new windows server to troubleshoot something, and all that I do to feel homely is to install vim (and disable vi 'compatible' mode) and less. I think this is because I don't override any of the regular key combinations, so don't have to depend on existence of any mappings for basic work to get done. I don't try to copy my vimrc and plugins unless I plan to come back repeatedly and spend significant time. -- Hari > > -tim > > > [1] > http://oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/ask_tim/1999/unix_editor.html > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
